A Pair of Spectacles - 1908 was released on:
USA: 23 November 1908
An Odd Pair of Limbs - 1908 was released on: USA: 16 May 1908
A pair of spectacles is a pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight.
A pair of spectacles, or a monocle.
The noun spectacles is a shortened form for the term 'pair of spectacles'. The plural form is two pairs of spectacles.The nouns spectacles belongs to a group of nouns that are a shortened form for 'a pair of', for example:binocularsglassespantsscissorsshearsshortsspectaclestongstrouserstweezersAll of these nouns are made plural by changing 'a pair of...' to 'pairs of...'.
If a person is wearing spectacles it means he is wearing a pair of glasses. The word spectacles is rarely used in this day and age.
"Spectacles" can refer to eyeglasses worn to improve vision, or a notable display or performance.
a pair of spectacles
The middle part of a pair of spectacles is called a bridge or a nose bridge. This is the part of the spectacle frame that forms a bridge from one side of your nose to the other.
"SPECTACLES" means when a batsman gets out on 'duck' (i.e. gets out without scoring a single run in both innings of a Test match) he is said to have scored a PAIR or in other words that batsman is said to be wearing SPECTACLES (cos the 2 round lens resemble a pair of spectacles). When batsman is out for zero in 1st innings and when he comes into bat for 2nd innings...commentator would say "And XYZ .. He is ON A PAIR" (that means he is facing the probability of making a pair) and if he indeed gets out 2nd time also... he would have actually SCORED a PAIR.
The noun 'spectacles' is the plural form of the noun 'spectacle', a word for a visually striking performance or display.The noun 'spectacles' is an uncountable noun as a word for eyeglasses, a binary noun, a word for something that two parts make up the whole.Binary nouns are a shortened form of 'a pair of'.The singular form is a pair of spectacles. The plural form is pairs of spectacles.Examples:He removed his heavy spectacles with a sigh of relief.Both boys ended up making gigantic spectacles of themselves.
put on a (different) pair of spectacles,literally or metaphorically.
A pair of spectacles has an individual lense, one for each eye.